LPA, southwest monsoon to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over parts of southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated early Thursday over the coastal waters of San Pascual, Masbate as the southwest monsoon will be affecting southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Metro Manila, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the LPA and the southwest monsoon. The affected areas may experience flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeasterly surface windflow, which will not cause significant impact to the areas.

The bureau is also monitoring an active tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

As of 3 a.m., the eye of Typhoon Chan-Hom is estimated to be 1,360 kilometers northeast of extreme northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 160 kph moving northwestward at the speed of 15 kph.

The wind speed forecast for northern Luzon is strong and moving northeastward while coastal waters will be rough.

Central and Southern Luzon wind speed will be moderate to strong moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

For the rest of the country, wind speed will be light to moderate moving in the southwest to southeast direction while coastal waters will remain slight to moderate.

The sunrise will be at 5:46 a.m. while the sunset will occur by 5:41 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News